David's Computer Stuff Journal: Feisty to Gutsy Upgrade

Feisty to Gutsy Upgrade

David N. Welton — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:03:00 -0700

I have a computer with a RaLink RT2561/RT61 wireless card that never worked very well under Feisty, so I decided to try out Gutsy, on a whim.

The good:

The card now works! So that's good news. Other than that, none of the features listed here is a big deal for me, but it's nice to get a lot of programs updated to newer versions.

The bad:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/115616

Luckily it's easy to fix.

The ugly:

Upgrading emacs was a pain, as a lot of packages seem to cause breakage with emacs22. That's not really the fault of the Ubuntu guys, but it would be wonderful if they'd fix it prior to release.

I haven't used the computer much yet, but consider the release isn't official yet, it's not bad, but I think it still needs a little bit of work. Anyway, I'm happy that my card works, I'm happy.

"Feisty to Gutsy Upgrade" by David N. Welton

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:25:31 -0700

"foo" - no need to get upset about other operating systems. They exist and people use them. No harm in mentioning them along with all the other non-Debian stuff that is there. A quick survey this morning reveals:

Chicago marathon
Neocons
Radiohead
Various free software (but not Debian) topics.

"Feisty to Gutsy Upgrade" by bar

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:01:26 -0700

Can you please stop using Debian? Use something made after the turn of the century. Advantage: Ubuntu. It's made of pure win.

"Feisty to Gutsy Upgrade" by foo

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:43:34 -0700

can you please stop posting ubuntu stuff on planet debian? use a debian tag and subscribe this one on planet